Re: El Gordo Lottery - children singing numbers

That's what Lavices Casal posted above! I listened and the second word doesn't sound like "euros" but apparently you are both right.

According to Wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Christmas_Lottery ) : As the drawing goes on, a single ball is extracted from each of the revolving spheres at the same time. One child sings the winning number, the other child sings the corresponding prize. This is repeated until all the prize-balls are connected to a number. Due to the sheer number of prizes, this procedure takes several hours. The children work in about eight to nine shifts,

Re: El Gordo Lottery - children singing numbers

I could listen to the the kid in the video a thousand times and never guess he was saying euros. ..and I'm assuming that is what he is saying only because the table of prizes in the Wikipedia link lists the prize for most of the balls as 1000 euros...mil euros...and he's definitely saying mil so it seems likely it is euros; unless the Spanish have another word for euro.

If you happen to be in Spain with 1000 euros I'd suggest you say euro...eh.oor.oh.
I wouldn't try to mimic what the boy saying.

Re: El Gordo Lottery - children singing numbers

Hahahahaha If you speak like the kid I'm sure it'll be the hell of a fun time..
No, it's not a dialect or another way of speaking.. For a reason I don't know, in those kind of games (bingo, lottery and others) the singing kids usually use that kind of "singing" to shout the prizes or winning numbers..
Its not only something that happen in Europe, its also something common in my country... Don't ask me why, because I wouldn't know what to say

Re: El Gordo Lottery - children singing numbers

Just to bear out what Matias says, you can hear the Argentine Gordo Lottery at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zTYxRIhCI0
Kids always use a distinctive sing to shout the numbers regardless of the country they are from. I've checked the Uruguayan lottery as well and it is all the same too